#winston

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In the closed circle of the war cabinet, pounded by terrible report after terrible report, there had been uncertainty about whether he could fend off the drift to exploring a deal with Hitler. The determination of the larger group trumped the tentativeness of the smaller, and Churchill fulfilled his role as leader by disentangling himself from defeatism--one of his singular achievements at the end of May 1940.


Jon Meacham


#determination #group-dynamics #winston-churchill #friendship

Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and most remarkable race which has appeared in the world. — Winston S. Churchill


Ellen Brazer


#espionage #historical-novel #history #holocaust #intrigue

Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We have everything we need except political will, but political will is a renewable resource.


Al Gore


#churchill #civilisation #everything #except #fashion

We wanted to solve robot problems and needed some vision, action, reasoning, planning, and so forth. We even used some structural learning, such as was being explored by Patrick Winston.


Marvin Minsky


#being #even #explored #forth #learning

I'm the American Winston Churchill.


Michael Moriarty


#churchill #i #winston #winston churchill

Well, obviously, as soon as I'd finished the script I read a lot of books on Winston Churchill, and started to gain weight and really prepare emotionally, mentally and physically for the role.


Christian Slater


#churchill #emotionally #finished #gain #gain weight

Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.


Adam Petty


#different #get #leagues #put #series

My father was quite conscious of that distinction, too, and because he spoke very freely in private, he used to sometimes say, quite fiercely, "Now that's secret!" And then if I or somebody else looked hurt because they thought, "Well, of course I'm not going to leave the table and pick up the telephone and ring the papers." If Papa saw that we were wounded, he would say, "It isn't that I don't trust you, but I'm labeling it, I'm labeling it." That phrase passed into family history. "I'm labeling it!" Papa would say, quite merrily sometimes.


Mary Soames


#secrecy #winston-churchill #family

I thought Winston Churchill was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises.


Arthur Balfour


#churchill #i #man #promise #promises

Now, forty years after his passing, Winston Churchill is still quoted, read, revered, and referred to as much, if not more, than when he was alive.


Mac Thornberry


#alive #churchill #forty #forty years #his